The last two months, I've been spending an exorbitant amount of time playing Minecraft. I'm not even going to try to explain the game here, because I'd just make my addiction sound more pathetic. But I will show some pictures of my lovely glass domicile, featuring a jacuzzi/fishing pond on the first floor and an expansive greenhouse on the second:

I heard about the game from one of the kernel developers at work. The dude is lucky that he's a couple hundred miles away and that I still haven't figured out how to subcontract ninjas. But for anyone who was expecting a bigger Xmas present from me than they end up getting, well, you will know whom to blame.

P.S. While I may be addicted, I'm nowhere as bad off as the guys who put this together on a multiplayer server: (Yes, I am doing the "Well, I may not have a life, but they have even less of a non-life... or more of a non-life... or however that logic works" thing.)

see more Lolcats and funny picturesI firmly believe that cats possess a genetic knowledge, and this is one of the items. The call of the can opener (not as used now that most cans of cat food and tuna have those pull-tabs) and fear of the vacuum cleaner (something Pandora refused to have) are two others. This one is in the same vein:see more Lolcats and funny pictures

The Stupid:

In this article about America's obsession with smartphones, this guy Doug seriously has issues, proving once again that modern technology is affecting the course of natural selection, because I don't see how he would have survived this long without the thing. I fear for his offspring if the battery ever dies.